Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
  • B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
  • B21D43/00—Feeding, positioning or storing devices combined with, or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, apparatus for working or processing sheet metal, metal tubes or metal profiles; Associations therewith of cutting devices
  • B21D43/02—Advancing work in relation to the stroke of the die or tool
  • B21D43/04—Advancing work in relation to the stroke of the die or tool by means in mechanical engagement with the work
  • B21D43/05—Advancing work in relation to the stroke of the die or tool by means in mechanical engagement with the work specially adapted for multi-stage presses
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
  • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
  • Y10T29/00—Metal working
  • Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
  • Y10T29/49002—Electrical device making
  • Y10T29/49117—Conductor or circuit manufacturing
  • Y10T29/49121—Beam lead frame or beam lead device
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
  • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
  • Y10T29/00—Metal working
  • Y10T29/51—Plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including means for metal shaping or assembling
  • Y10T29/5124—Plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including means for metal shaping or assembling with means to feed work intermittently from one tool station to another
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
  • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
  • Y10T29/00—Metal working
  • Y10T29/51—Plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including means for metal shaping or assembling
  • Y10T29/5136—Separate tool stations for selective or successive operation on work
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
  • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
  • Y10T29/00—Metal working
  • Y10T29/53—Means to assemble or disassemble
  • Y10T29/5313—Means to assemble electrical device
  • Y10T29/53261—Means to align and advance work part

Definitions

• the invention relates to a system of machining devices particularly for machining so-called lead frames, such as punching, cutting and bending.
• lead frames are intended for carrying chips.
• the intended processes to be performed on the lead frames are performed in a so-called cutting and bending machine.
• Such a cutting and bending machine needs to combine great accuracy with the highest possible machining speed.
• the lead frames are carried by means of transporting means through the machine, placed on a machining station and subjected to a machining, whereafter the transporting means pick up the lead frames again and transport them to a following station. The entire process takes place automatically.
• the hydraulic driving also has other different drawbacks. Firstly, the use of a hydraulic medium is not easily compatible with the clean environment in which the process must take place. In addition, the accuracy of the movement via hydraulic means is limited, since this movement is only guided by one guide, the hydraulic piston rod. In the past different steps have been taken to increase this accuracy, but the possibilities are limited. Should it be desired to further increase the speed, the hydraulic drive imposes limits, since the speed is limited among other reasons because the driving hydraulic medium has to surmount a dead point during a complete cycle of the active stroke. The result is that the transport of the lead frame can only be performed when it has been established that the stroke of the tool has ended at a predetermined position.
• the invention has for its object to obviate the above mentioned drawbacks.
• Particular objectives here must be a great stroke length, a high speed, a clean operating environment and great accuracy of the movement of the tool relative to the lead frame.
• each machining device comprises: - a main frame
• control device coupled to the machining devices for controlling the operation of the machining devices.
• Opted for according to the invention are a purely mechanical driving of the machining devices and a modular construction of the system.
• the modular construction furnishes great advantages, particularly in production.
• the machining devices can be separately produced and tested. They can then be assembled into a desired system. This provides a great degree of flexibility.
• the member driving the tool carrier is preferably formed by an eccentric rotatably driven by a motor and situated in the main frame of the machining device.
• a continuous movement is obtained by this method of driving, which allows a higher machining speed.
• Such a drive method is possible since the forces to be exerted for the machining are limited.
• an auxiliary frame which is vertically guided in the main frame for performing relative to the main frame an active stroke performed between two end positions.
• the end positions of the auxiliary frame are adjustable relative to the main frame.
• the option is therefore available of having the active stroke performed relative to the machining surface at a position where this is deemed desirable.
• the stroke depth can hereby be regulated.
• the working surface can be made entirely visually accessible as desired.
• the setting of the end positions of the auxiliary frame preferably takes place by means of a shaft rotatable in the main frame and driven by a stepping motor, which shaft is coupled to the auxiliary frame over a screw connection.
• the shaft is preferably a keyway shaft and is received for vertical movement in a belt pulley driven rotatably by the stepping motor.
• the control device is coupled to sensors which detect the angle position of the eccentric in each of the machining devices.
• the system of machining devices is controlled on the basis of the information obtained under the control of software in the microprocessor incorporated in the control device.
• the transport means for horizontal and vertical transport in the machining device are driven by a cam disc placed on the main shaft.
• the ridge disc is coupled over a fork-shaped member, which performs a linear movement when the cam disc rotates, to a pinion and a toothed rack, wherein the toothed rack, by means of a lever eccentrically connected to the toothed rack, provides a reciprocating movement of the transport means slidable along guide tracks.
• the main shaft For driving of the vertical transport the main shaft is coupled to cam discs disposed in parallel which drive operating members moving guide tracks for horizontal transport of a lead frame between end positions in vertical direction.
• the system preferably contains a sensor connected to a release mechanism for a coupling between the drive motor and the main shaft for detecting an overload in the drive of the tool.
• a brake coupled to the eccentric is energized at release of the coupling when an overload is detected.
• the transport means consist of an endless belt with a feed end for receiving a lead frame passed on by the horizontal transport means of a preceding machining device and a discharge end for transferring a lead frame to the horizontal transport means of a following machining device, a stop for a lead frame placed above the endless belt, wherein the material of the endless belt has a friction coefficient such that, when the lead frame strikes against the stop, the belt slips relative to the lead frame.
• Fig. 1 shows a schematic perspective view of a system according to the invention
• Fig. 2 shows a perspective cut away view according to the line II-II in fig. 1
• Fig. 3 is a sectional view along the line III-III from fig. 2; Fig. 4 shows a similar view to fig. 3, but in another of the end positions of the auxiliary frame, and Fig. 5 shows a detail V from fig. 4. Fig. 6 shows a perspective view of the horizontal drive and vertical drive of the transport means.
• the system according to the invention comprises machining devices 1, 2, 3 accommodated in cabinet-like units 1, 2, 3, the operation of which devices is controlled and mutually synchronized from the control module 4.
• a microprocessor is incorporated in the control module 4.
• the control module 4 has a control panel 5 and a control unit in the form of a monitor 6.
• the lead frame 7 for machining is transported by means of a transport means 8 which is movable over lengthwise guides 68 and 69 in a machining device.
• a transport means 8 which is movable over lengthwise guides 68 and 69 in a machining device.
• Each machining device comprises at least a main frame 14 and an auxiliary frame 15 that is movable vertically relative to the main frame 14 with guide rods 40, 41, 42, 43 in bearings 16, 17.
• the main frame comprises transverse bearers 44, 45 which are connected at a distance by vertical walls 46, 47.
• the bearings 16, 17 are arranged in the transverse bearers 44 and 45 respectively.
• the auxiliary frame 15 comprises a horizontally running, lower coupling member 49 connected to the guide rods 40, 41, 42 43 and, arranged at a vertical distance therefrom, an upper coupling member 49 that is likewise fi. idly connected to the guide rods 40, 41, 42, 43.
• the tool consists of a tool carrier 18 bearing a tool 19 and a work surface 38 co-acting therewith. Coupled to the upper coupling member 49 of the auxiliary frame 15 is a tool carrier 18 in which a desired tool 19 is placed.
• a shaft 20 which carries an eccentric 21 is received rotatably in protruding parts 50, 51, 52 on the transverse bearer 44 of the main frame 14.
• the shaft 20 is driven from the motor 22 via a transmission 23 and a belt pulley 24.
• the eccentric 21 is mounted in bearings 25, 26 of the protruding parts 50 and 51 respectively.
• the eccentric carriers a spherical pivot 27 resting in an adapted bearing socket 28. With a rotation of the shaft 20 the eccentric, and therefore the auxiliary frame 15, moves between two end positions, one of which is drawn in fig. 3 and the other in fig. 4. These end positions respectively correspond to the open position of the machine tool 19 and the closed position thereof.
• a part 29 of the auxiliary frame 15 moves with the shaft 30 coupled thereto in a bearing 31 in the transverse bearer of the main frame.
• the coupling between the part of the shaft 30 and the auxiliary frame 15, in any case the flange shaped portion 32 thereof, runs via a screw thread connection 33 (fig. 5) .
• the belt pulley 36 can be rotated via the drive belt 35.
• the shaft 37 has a keyway 37 which co-acts with corresponding ribs on the inside of the bearing 31, the shaft 30 rotates with the belt pulley 36 therein carrying with it the part 29.
• Fig. 5 shows the manner of transport into a machi ⁇ ning device.
• a cam disc 60 which co-acts with a fork-shaped member 61 such that with a rotation movement of the cam disc 60 the fork-shaped member performs a linear reciprocating movement according to the arrows shown.
• the fork-shaped member 61 carries with it during the linear movement a pinion 63 which engages on a worm gear 64 which is coupled to a shaft 65. Due to the reciprocating movement of the worm wheel 63 the worm gear 64 rotates, as does the shaft 65 therefore which is mounted in the frame.
• a lever 66 is eccentrically coupled to the shaft 65. At a rotation movement of the shaft 65, the lever performs a reciprocating movement between two end positions. The lever is coupled at the end with drive means 67 which move the transport means reciprocally along the guide track 69.
• the main shaft 20 is coupled to the cam discs 73, 74 by an endless drive belt 70 which is trained over belt pulleys 71, 72.
• the cam discs 73, 74 rotating synchronously and in phase impart to the drive members 75, 76 a vertical movement between two end positions.
• the members 75, 76 are coupled to the respective guide tracks 68, 69 so that these likewise undergo a vertical movement.
• a releasing mechanism is arranged in the coupling 100 between the shaft of the driving belt pulley 24 and the main shaft 20.
• the coupling is connected via means (not drawn) to an overload sensor which measures the load of the drive of the tool.
• the release mechanism of the coupling 100 controlled by a signal from the sensor, is set into operation and therefore releases the shaft 20 from the drive shaft.
• a brake (not shown) of for instance pneumatic type also comes into operation which brings the main shaft and therefore the eccentric to a standstill within a very short period of time.
• a buffer transporter 110 for transport between the machining devices use is made of a buffer transporter 110.
• a buffer transporter 110 consists of an endless belt conveyor and a stop 111.
• a lead frame is placed on the endless belt conveyor 110 by the horizontal transport means of a preceding machining device.
• the lead frame moves over the belt conveyor 110 until it meets the stop 111.
• the belt slips under the lead frame.
• the horizontal transport means of a following machining device take the lead frame at a suitable moment in time from the belt conveyor 110 and carry it to the machining location on the following machining device.

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• Multi-Process Working Machines And Systems (AREA)
• Press Drives And Press Lines (AREA)
• Lead Frames For Integrated Circuits (AREA)
• Perforating, Stamping-Out Or Severing By Means Other Than Cutting (AREA)

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